By the end of the summer, Davis Library and the Undergraduate Library will be home to two relocated spaces at UNC, the Music Library and a Makerspace, respectively. The Music Library is currently located on the bottom floor of Wilson Library and the Makerspace is located in Kenan Science Library.
Students will also be able to take advantage of extended hours at Davis on Fridays and Saturdays. The specific closing times will be posted on the library's website in August.
Nerea Llamas, the associate University Librarian for collections strategy and services, said Davis and the Undergraduate Library are the two most popular libraries at the University and she believes these moves will give the Makerspace and Music Library more exposure and allow for both spaces to have longer operating hours.
“Bringing them into those very visible spaces already gives the Makerspace and the Music Library a wider audience,” she said.
The Music Library hosts collections of books, scores, audio and video recordings, rare materials and research databases. Students will have to contact the Music Library to access resources that will be unavailable during the period of relocation.
Andrea Bohlman, associate professor in the music department, said in an email statement that the library is both a space and community. There are various resources, expert librarians and staff to aid students and anyone researching sound and music.
The move of the Music Library to the third floor of Davis is partly a result of the planned renovation of Wilson Library, though the closure of the building for construction has been delayed.
Andrea Brown, a senior at UNC, said she found a safe space in the Music Library, particularly in the Fishbowl.
Located in the library’s labyrinth-like stacks, the Fishbowl is a small, well-lit room with a direct view of the Bell Tower. Brown said she was disappointed when she found out that the Fishbowl’s location would no longer be publicly accessible after May.
